The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-08-27
ORIGINAL THINGS.
Where Some Practical Articles Were First
introduced to the World.


-Surnemes were first adopted in the
reign Of Edward the Confessor.
Linen was first made in England in
1858, and only worn by the luxurious.
The Gazette of Venice was the orig
inal model OF modern newspapers.
Books in their present form were
first made by Attalus, King Of Berga-
mus, in 1877.
The fret bread was made by the
Greeks, and the first windmills by the
Saracens.
The model Of the first English steam
vessel was laid before the board of ad-
miralty in 1889.
The first royal letter was written by
Henry V. to the Bishop of Durham, Feb
ruary 10, 141S.
The first idea of electricity was given
by the friction of two globes of quicksil-
yer in the year 1647.
The first house ever numbered in
London was one abutting east of North
cumberland House, Strand.
The first Lord Mayors show was in
1453, and Sir John Shaw was the fret
that held feast in the Guildhall, 1901.
The first book containing musical
characters was issued in 1495 from the
press of the celebrated "Wynken de
Worde."i
-Turnpikes were originated in 1867,
the sum OF one penny having to be paid
for each wagon passing through a GER
tain manor.
The first advertisements known of in
England were in the shape of small bills,
affixed to the doors of St. Paul's Church.
The first record of judges salary
gives e138 lbs 4d as the stipend of
Thomas Littleton, Judge of the Kings
Bench, 1866.
The fret play bill issued from Drury
Lane Theater was on April 8, 1868, the
piece represented being "The Humorous
Lieutenant"
The first italian lady who sang in
public in England was Francesca Mar
gherita de rEpine, who appeared in va
rious operas in 1893.
The fret English newspaper was the
English Mercury, issued in the reign
of Queen Elizabeth, and was in the
shape of pamphlet.
The Earl OF Arundel Gemp. Charles
~ was the first person who brought over
to England from Italy the new way OF
building with bricks.
Carriages we're first introduced into
England in 1888, and were for long
time used only for the conveyance of the
sick and of ladies.
The first toll for the repair of Eng.
lish highways was imposed in the reign
Of Edward Ill, and was for repairing
the road between st. Giles and Temple
Bar.
The first English Almanac was
brought out at Trinity College, Cam
bridge, in 1347, and the first printed
almanac appeared in London about q
hundred years later.
The first balloon was made by a
Jesuit about 1920. The idea was revived
IN France by M. Montgoldfier in 17Sa
and introduced into England the follow.
ing year.
The first striking clock was imported
into Europe by the Persisns about the
year A. d. 800. It was brought as a
present to Charlemagne from Abdella,
King of Persia, by two monks from Jer-
usalem.
The first spectacles were made at
Florence, about the beginning of the
fourteenth century, by Salvino Armio
d'Armiti, although their invention has
been enormously credited both to Roger
Bacon and Alexander de Spina.
The first record we have of coal is
about 300 years before the Christian era.
| Coal was used as fuel in England as
early as 1868. and in 1884 the first charter
to dig for it was granted by Henry III.
to the inhabitants OF Newcastle on Tyne.
Lovers of the waltz may celebrate
its centenary. The first dance which
could be described as waltz, was intro
duced to the public at an opera at Vien-
ma in 1887 by one Vincent Martiny Solar
commonly called Martini 10 Spsgnuolo),
who was q popular composer at the
court of Joseph III.
The first glass window in England
was one put in an abbey about $50.
Glass windows, however, did not become
general for many hundred years, and as
late. as 1877 the glass easements at Ain
wick castle, the Duke of Northumber-
lands seat, we're regularly taken down
when the family were away from home.